Tag: heliocentric model

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Author
Kyle Dillon

Date
July 21, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured1, adaequatio intellectus ad pulchrum, adaequatio intellectus ad rem, Alvin Plantinga, Artemis II, astronomers, astronomy, beauty, Emmanuel Kant, First Law of Planetary Motion, geocentric model, Harmonice Mundi, Harmonies of the World, heliocentric model, Henri Poincaré, Holy Grail, Johannes Kepler, Justice Potter Stewart, mathematical formulas, Mortimer Adler, NASA, Nicolaus Copernicus, science, Science and Beauty (series), scientific revolution, Supreme Court, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universe, Where the Conflict Really Lies}

Beauty and Science: Canvas of the Great Creator

_{Rev. Kyle A. Dillon
July 21, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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When Johannes Kepler discovered that his mathematical formula perfectly matched his experimental observations, he was euphoric. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, archeology, arrow, bullseye, carbon-12 resonance, cosmology, creator, debates, explorer, fine-tuning, God Hypothesis, heliocentric model, Judeo-Christian tradition, jungle, Justin Brierley, natural philosophy, Occam’s razor, Phil Halper, physics, predictions, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Stone Age, Stonehenge, target, The Story of Everything, Thomas Kuhn}

Extraordinary: Stephen Meyer and Phil Halper Debate the God Hypothesis

_{Jonathan Witt
May 8, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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I could say more on the subject, but much of it is in this fantastic conversation — "the toughest debate I've ever had," as Halper graciously says at the end. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, asteroids, coincidences, comets, earth, fine-tuning, geocentric model, Golden Ratio, Guillermo Gonzalez, heliocentric model, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, kinetic energy, Mars, Mercury, moons, NASA, physics, planets, quantum effects, solar system, sun, The Privileged Planet, Venus}

Geometric Design in the Solar System

_{Eric Hedin
August 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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My favorite example of such geometric design arises from the mean orbits of our innermost two planets, Mercury and Venus. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 16, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __trending, biology, brain tumor, caterpillars, chrysalis, Denyse O'Leary, earth, epicycles, German, Guillermo Gonzalez, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, heliocentric model, Johannes Kepler, Karina Kofman, Kevin Mitchell, materialism, Metamorphosis, methodological materialism, Michael Egnor, Michael Levin, mind, neuroscience, planets, Plato, Richard Sternberg, solar system, The Immortal Mind, Tufts University}

Biologist Michael Levin Is at It Again, Now Pushing at the Mind-Brain Equation

_{Daniel Witt
April 16, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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When caterpillars are in their chrysalises, their brains physically dissolve (along with the rest of their bodies) and are rebuilt as butterfly brains. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
November 30, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, aesthetics, extraterrestrial life, Galileo Galilei, Harvard University, heliocentric model, intelligent design, Luther College, Nicolaus Copernicus, physicists, Ptolemaic system, religion, solar system, telescope}

Religious Intuition Can Lead to Scientific Discovery: The Cases of Copernicus and Ferguson

_{Robert Shedinger
November 30, 2022

Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Science

5}

ID is not religion. But even if we were to concede falsely that it is, such a characterization is irrelevant to the question of whether it is true. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 11, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Copernican Revolution, cosmic rays, earth, evolution, heliocentric model, How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin (series), humankind, intelligent design, Lucretius, Michael Denton}

The Stars Above Us

_{Neil Thomas
November 11, 2021

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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What Lucretius once termed in the widest sense “the nature of things” is no respecter of modern scientific conventions. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 7, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, evolution, evolutionary biology, Galileo Galilei, Genetics (journal), George Bernard Shaw, George Eliot, heliocentric model, Henri Bergson, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John Cairns, Karl Marx, Max Delbrück, Nicolaus Copernicus, Peter Bowler, Ptolemaic system, randomness, religion, Sigmund Freud, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Kuhn}

The Triumphalism of Strickberger’s Evolution

_{Robert Shedinger
July 7, 2020

Evolution, Science Education

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The oversimplification here is staggering (Darwin and women’s rights?!) and would take an entire book to unpack. Read More ›